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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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